Hail in Missouri, April 9, 2011

Name: Hail in Missouri, April 9, 2011
Start: 2011-04-09T05:07
End: 2011-04-09T05:50
Location: Missouri

April 9, 2011 · NWS PAH · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

An early morning mesoscale convective system crossed southeast Missouri. The system formed along and south of a warm front that extended from central Missouri to the Lower Ohio Valley.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.

An early morning mesoscale convective system crossed southeast Missouri. The system formed along and south of a warm front that extended from central Missouri to the Lower Ohio Valley. A few storms produced marginally severe hail.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 9, 2:01 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:01 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
301 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

.DISCUSSION...
KPAH 88D ALREADY SHOWS SOME DEVELOPING SHOWERS ACROSS PAH FA.
HOWEVER RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS MORE EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF
SHOWERS/STORMS UPSTREAM OVER PTNS MO...TO TOP RIDGE AND AFFECT
MAINLY OUR NRN PTNS FA/POTENTIALLY ERN PTNS FA LATER THIS AM.
MODELS SHOW H5 HEIGHTS RISING 20-30DM OVER COURSE OF THE DAY...SO
SHOULD SEE CAPPING OF ATMOSPHERE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE PM HOURS...EFFECTIVELY ENDING POPS FROM LATE TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT. UNTIL THEN...SLGT RISK SVR CONTINUES...SEE SWODY1
FOR DETAILS.

SUNDAY WILL BE VERY WINDY. MODEL SOUNDINGS/BUFKIT MIX DOWN WINDS
SUSTAINED 20-30 MPH WITH GUST POTENTIAL TO 40 MPH ON WARM SLYS-
SWLYS. MONDAY IS NOT TOO MUCH DIFFERENT AS POST FRONTAL WINDS
SHIFT TO W-NWLYS...WILL OUTLOOK BOTH PERIODS FOR WIND POTENTIAL IN
HWO.

WARM 80S EXPECTED BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW...SHOULD MUTE POST
FRONTALLY ABOUT 10-15F FOR MONDAY...LEVELLING OFF THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK. NO CHANGES BEYOND DAY 4.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED A MAJORITY OF THE OVERNIGHT.  ISOLATED
SHRA/TSTM ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK...AND INCLUDED VCSH WITH VFR
CB UNTIL 16Z. ANY SHRA OR TSRA WOULD LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF MVFR
CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 15
KTS.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 2:45 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
345 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-101000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
345 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...INCLUDING A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST
INDIANA...AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND MAINLY FOR THE FIRST HALF
OF THE DAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND AGAIN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS INCLUDES A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

SUNDAY WILL BE VERY WINDY...WITH SUSTAINED SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST
WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. MONDAY WILL ALSO BE
WINDY AS POST FRONTAL WINDS SHIFT TO WEST AND NORTHWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR UPDATES IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION
IS REQUESTED.

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 176 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:06 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Carter

When: April 9, 5:07 AM CST
Where: Carter County, Ellsinore
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.930, -90.750

Hail, Stoddard

When: April 9, 5:32 AM CST
Where: Stoddard County, Dexter
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.800, -89.950

The duration of the hail was about two minutes.

Hail, Cape Girardeau

When: April 9, 5:34 AM CST
Where: Cape Girardeau County, 1 mi N of Cape Girardeau
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.315, -89.530

Hail, Scott

When: April 9, 5:50 AM CST
Where: Scott County, 5 mi E of Benton
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.100, -89.479

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 2011 Every state in 2011 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, April 2011

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 288368, 288372, 288369, 288367.